Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man after a chase and gunshots Tuesday morning.

Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man after a chase and gunshots Tuesday morning.

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Updated: 5:32 PM MST Mar 3, 2015

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WEBVTT NOW, KOAT ACTION IS LIVE. COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON. DOUG: DEPUTIES TRY TO PULL OVER A SUSPICIOUS THEN. ; AARON HILF JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED. THE PURSUIT ENDED RIGHT HERE BEHIND ME. INVESTIGATORS SAYING IT STARTED OUT AS A ROUTINE CALLED BUT ESCALATED. THE SUSPECT TRIED TO USE HIS VEHICLE AS A WEAPON. A DEPUTY FIRED A SHOT AT THAT SUSPECT. THEY ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR ONE MORE PERSON IN THIS CASE. SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS SAY AT LEAST ONE SHOT WAS FIRED BY DEPUTY WHEN THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO PULL OVER THE DRIVER OF THIS WHITE VAN. IT STARTED BLOCKS AWAY WHEN THE CSO TRY TO APPROACH THE VAN AFTER GETTING CALLS ABOUT A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. THE DRIVER TOOK OFF BUT DEPUTIES DID NOT PURSUE. FORTUNATELY THEY CALLED IT OUT AND THE HELICOPTER WAS UP. NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF EVIDENCE AND MUNIZ, INVESTIGATORS TRIED TO STOP IT. HE WOULD NOT DELIVER. ONE OF THOSE DEPUTIES FIRED AT THE SUSPECT. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS SOME KIND OF THREAT HE PERCEIVED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT WAS NOT HIT IN THE SHOOTING AND KEPT DRIVING. THEY WERE ABLE TO PERFORM A PIT MANEUVER TO STOP THE VAN, NEAR RIO BRAVO, BUT THE DRIVER TOOK OFF ON FOOT. THE COP JUMPED OUT AND IT DIDN'T TAKE THAT LONG. THEY JUMPED IN RIGHT AWAY. DARYLL WERE SET A TIRE SHOP AROUND THE STREET. THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN TO UNM HOSPITAL FOR MINOR INJURIES. THEY HAVE NOT RELEASED HIS NAME BUT SAY HE WILL LIKELY FACE AGGRAVATED FLEEING AND ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER. AT ONE POINT DURING THAT PURSUIT, THE DRIVER OF THAT THEN LET A WOMAN ADDED THE VEHICLE. SHE WENT ON WHAT. INVESTIGATORS THEY THEY HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO TRACK HER DOWN.

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Bernalillo County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man after a chase and gunshots Tuesday morning.